The messiest, stickiest and, for many, most anticipated tradition on campus makes its return to Brock University on Friday, Sept. 20.<\/p>\n
Beginning at noon, the annual Homecoming Grape Stomp will challenge hundreds of students and alumni to put their best foot forward \u2014 to crush about two metric tonnes of Concord grapes.<\/p>\n
With about 80 bushels at their disposal, participants will toss, squeeze and squish the fruit while slipping and sliding through Brock\u2019s Jubilee Court.<\/p>\n
In addition to being a part of Brock\u2019s Homecoming weekend<\/a>, this year\u2019s event is also part of the University\u2019s 60th anniversary celebrations<\/a>, which kicked off in September.<\/p>\n \u201cGrape Stomp is a must-try event on any Badger\u2019s bucket list,\u201d says Student Engagement Co-ordinator Carolyn Hough. \u201cWe love having graduates come back to slip and slide again while mingling with our current students and sharing their love for Brock\u2019s traditions with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n The event has been hailed by University Affairs<\/em> magazine as one of the best university traditions in Canada.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s grapes come courtesy of Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery, which also has longstanding connections to the University and its Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to the grape excitement, the day will also include live music from Avenue Inn \u2014 filled with alumni band members \u2014 and a free barbecue sponsored by Aramark, while supplies last.<\/p>\n Brock graduates can register to be a part of Grape Stomp on the Alumni website<\/a> while students can sign up on ExperienceBU<\/a>. Participants are encouraged to arrive at 11:30 a.m. and costumes are encouraged.<\/p>\n The event is part of a packed lineup of Homecoming and 60th anniversary events, including Friday\u2019s Steel Blade Classic hockey game<\/a> and Saturday\u2019s Skyline Celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The messiest, stickiest and, for many, most anticipated tradition on campus makes its return to Brock University on Friday, Sept. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,7484,3319,4767,1],"tags":[13423,563,1195],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95647,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645\/revisions\/95647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}